Murfreesboro, NC – The Virginia State University women's tennis team yielded a 9-0 decision in conference division play to Chowan University this afternoon.
With the outcome, the Trojans are now 14-2 overall with a 10-3 mark in CIAA action. Meanwhile, the Lady Hawks of Chowan improve to 16-8 with a 12-0 record in league play.
"Today's competition was a great one for us despite the loss and the girls closed out the regular season in a great way" said VSU head coach
Linda Person. Chowan who has a perfect season played a really good game. I am proud of our girls' effort because they had to really pull together and compete hard. It was a great day for us. We are focusing on the conference championship."
The Trojans will now prepare for the 2017 CIAA Women's Tennis Championship April 19-22 in Bowie, Md., on the campus of Bowie State University. Seeding's will be announced later on this week.
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Virginia State 0, Chowan 9
Singles
1. Polina Novachuck (CU) def.
Sheila James (VSU) 6-4, 6-3
2. Victoria Smolchenkova (CU) def.
Sydney Yao (VSU) 6-4, 6-4
3. Cynthia Carrier (CU) def.
Tamisha Richardson (VSU) 6-2, 6-1
4. Angelique Gouin (CU) def.
Christina Washington (VSU) 6-2, 6-0
5. Roxana Daneshjoo (CU) def.
Felicia Tucker (VSU) 6-2, 6-0
6. Natalia Andrade (CU) def.
Katlyn Kearney (VSU) 6-1, 6-0
Doubles
1. Polina Novachuck/Victoria Smolchenkova (CU) def.
Sheila James/
Sydney Yao (VSU) 8-3
2. Cynthia Carrier/Angelique Gouin (CU) def.
Tamisha Richardson/
Christina Washington (VSU) 8-1
3. Franca Pacelli/ Natalia Andrade (CU) def.
Felicia Tucker/
Charde Washington (VSU) 8-3
